Casey Turnbull

Casey Turnbull (1804-) was an American gold prospector in Colorado during the 1870s.

Biography
Casey Turnbull was born in 1804, and, while an old man, he headed to Telluride in southwestern Colorado to prospect for gold. He spent years panning and digging for gold, living off of fish and bird eggs; he constantly searched for a pocket of gold which he nicknamed "Mr. Pocket". When he finally found the pocket, Bobby Downie - who had been tracking him with the goal of stealing the pocket - shot him through the chest as he kneeled in the pit. Downie then rolled up a cigarette and smoked it before hopping into the pit to steal the gold. It was then that Turnbull, who had pretending to be dead, leapt up and turned Downie's own gun on him, shooting him. Turnbull then left with his sack of gold, having survived the shooting and years of searching for gold.